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SFX: a history 1997/98 - SFX research work at Ghent University begins February 2000 – Ex Libris acquires SFX technology November 2000 – OpenURL to NISO March 2001 – SFX product launch June 2002 (ALA) – 200 customers in 17 countries July 2002 – Active international user group formed (SMUG) September 2003 – 440 customers in 29 countries

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SFX Customers Widely distributed around the world, operating in many different languages 60% use ILS other than Ex Libris ALEPH 70% of customers represent consortia members Majority of customers are academic; but many corporate libraries, national libraries, special libraries and public libraries

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University of East Anglia Loughborough University MIMAS University of Bath University of Manchester Bradford University University of Newcastle Westminster University Royal Holloway, University of London Canterbury Christchurch College Napier University SFX Local Clients Nottingham University NUI, Galway The British Library Kings College London London Business School Astra Zeneca EDINA Anglia Polytechnic University Coventry University University of York Cranfield College and RMCS Lancaster University

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For the librarian: central administration of links (and e-journal data) local control over what types of links are offered and to where these resolve optimizes use of licensed resources For the user: Desktop delivery of full text when available electronically expands the research horizons consistency and accuracy of links SFX: benefits

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SFX: the enabling mechanisms Enabled by the OpenURL standard – now well- accepted by scholarly publishing community see http://www.sfxit.com/sources.html Supported by comprehensive KnowledgeBase

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Comprehensive KnowledgeBase delivered with the SFX server (430,000+ journal titles of which 20,500 are unique ejournal titles; 90,000 ebooks) Contains a set of rules for linking including rules for fine-tuning Library localizes to match local subscriptions and conditions using SFX tools Web-based tools for management Regularly updated and distributed by Ex Libris. Well developed tools for update – preserves local changes. SFX KnowledgeBase